Chooseing a Digital Camera for Railfanning. Megapixels.

[CopCarSS]

It depends what you want to do. If you're planning on just posting on the web, a 2MP would be fine. If you want to print pictures, you'll have to decide how big you want to go.

The upper limits of my D60 is about 20x30 with the very best Canon lenses in front of it. 5MP could probably do a decent 16x20, assuming the optics were up to it.

There's more to sensors than MP, though. Ultimately, the resolution is tied to your MP count, but overall image quality depends on pixel pitch, microlenses, the camera's (or computer program's if you shoot RAW) ability to process your picture cleanly, the lens in front of the camera, etc. etc.

I would suggest heading over to DPReview (www.dpreview.com) and checking out some of their reviews. Phil does an excellent job of reviewing the camera's features, image quality, comparisons versus other cameras of the same class, etc. If that's not enough, the forums over there are simply full of excellent photographers from all over the world that can add their wisdom...

Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Ok. I need you Railfans help. I want to get myself a good Digital Camera. The problem is,the Megapixels. What would be the best in Megapixel wise? 1MP? 2MP? 3MP? And so on. I was thinking of a 5MP. Help! Is there a web site out there that can
give me an idea? Thanks,Allan.